TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online news monitoring)
18 October 2022, Tuesday, as of 9AM
1. Marcos wants PHL’s beauty, tourism be reintroduced to the world
[ABS-CBN News, GMA News, Inquirer, Manila
Bulletin, Manila Standard, CNN PHL] ©PIA-PMU
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1681183/tourism-a-driver-to-economy-transformation-pinoys-are-greatest-asset
2. Marcos cites urgent need for Department of Water Resources
[GMA News, Manila Bulletin, CNN PHL, PhilStar]
©PIA-PMU
https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2022/10/18/Marcos-raises-need-for-water-department.html
3. Appointees
-Marcos administers oath of COMELEC execs,
Paul Soriano
-Marcos on naming Soriano as adviser: We must
show Filipino creativity to the world
-Bongbong Marcos urged to name NAPC execs:
‘Mag-onboard na po kayo, Sir’
[Inquirer, GMA News, Manila Standard, Manila
Bulletin, Daily Tribune] ©PIA-PMU
https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/848342/marcos-administers-oath-of-comelec-execs-paul-soriano/story/
4. Marawi folk to Marcos: Organize compensation body
[Inquirer, GMA News, Manila Bulletin] ©PIA-PMU
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1681121/marawi-folk-to-marcos-organize-compensation-body
5. PHL logs 1,938 COVID-19 infections, active tally at 25,848
[ABS-CBN News, Inquirer, DZBB] ©PIA-PMU
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1681191/ph-logs-1938-covid-19-infections-active-tally-at-25848
6. BOC seizes P228 million worth of alleged smuggled sugar
[BusinessMirror, GMA News, Inquirer] ©PIA-PMU
https://businessmirror.com.ph/2022/10/18/boc-seizes-%e2%82%a7228-m-sugar-smuggled-from-thailand/
7. COMELEC welcomes petition to nullify postponement of Barangay, SK polls
[Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Malaya] ©PIA-PMU
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1681096/comelec-welcomes-petition-to-nullify-postponement-of-barangay-sk-polls
8. New LPA forms inside PAR; rain to prevail over parts of PH
[Manila Bulletin, Inquirer, GMA News] ©PIA-PMU
https://mb.com.ph/2022/10/18/new-lpa-forms-inside-par/
—Philippine Information Agency | PIA Monitoring Unit—
